Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work - Chapter 331

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Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story, I Still Have to Go to Work Episode 331

 

The Bronze Agent and I stared at each other as if we had been struck by lightning.

 

Train Shelter.

 

The true value of this place was revealed from beneath the engineer’s seat chair.

 

‘Escape Talisman…!’

 

But after the thrill passed, urgent questions filled my mind.

 

“Wait a moment. But if they could have escaped with that talisman in the first place, wouldn’t they have left long ago?”

 

“…!”

 

As the agents died one by one, there was no reason to hold out. Why on earth…

 

-He just kept wandering around saying there was something more he needed on this train!

 

Ah.

 

‘Something was missing.’

 

What was it? What was lacking?

 

At that moment, someone burst open the door from outside the engineer’s cabin.

 

“Noru…”

 

“Sanyang!”

 

The moment I saw Go Young-eun’s face, there was something that came out before any explanation about avoiding everyone or the current situation.

 

“We found traces of an escape attempt.”

 

“…!!”

 

I quickly called everyone into the engineer’s seat, then saw Manager Lee Ja-heon close the door and lean against it like standing guard.

 

It seemed the two of them had brought Go Young-eun along with Deputy Manager Eun Ha-je.

 

The narrow engineer’s cabin was packed so full that it was difficult for anyone to sit, but no one was paying attention to that right now.

 

“If this train were placed on high-speed rail tracks, could it run?”

 

“On the tracks?”

 

Instead of asking ‘Why?’, Go Young-eun seemed to catch on to something and asked back in shock.

 

“Wait a moment. Don’t tell me you’re thinking of running this subway on high-speed railway?”

 

“It’s not something we came up with.”

 

“What do you…”

 

Soon Go Young-eun’s gaze followed mine and the Bronze Agent’s to the talisman under the overturned chair.

 

“The agents who created this train shelter seem to have originally planned to use this train for escape.”

 

“…Wait, wait a moment…”

 

Go Young-eun took several deep breaths as if digesting the flood of information, then spoke quickly in a calm voice.

 

“Noru.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Why on earth did you think I would know about this subway train’s high-speed railway compatibility…”

 

“…”

 

Since I’ve received so much informational help before… I reflexively asked just in case you might know, but if I’ve burdened you, I’m sorry…

 

“But I do know about it.”

 

“…!”

 

“…While living here, I tried to learn as much as possible from my aunt. Knowledge about subways and railways.”

 

Since I was trapped in the subway.

 

“And I’ve also heard stories about the subway through ‘rumors.'”

 

I looked at someone who must have desperately gathered rumors and information, trying to adapt to suddenly being thrown into a survivor group in an extreme situation.

 

“Then would it be alright if I ask for your answer?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Go Young-eun said with a frown.

 

“From what I know… first of all, the track specifications should be the same. So it would normally fit and stand properly on the tracks.”

 

“…!”

 

“Wait. But subways and high-speed railways have different speeds to begin with… don’t they work on different principles?”

 

“That’s right. The electrical current would be different.”

 

Go Young-eun nodded at Agent Eun Ha-je’s words.

 

“Usually subways use direct current, and high-speed railways use alternating current. To put it simply, high-speed railways use much higher voltage.”

 

“Aren’t those compatible?”

 

“I don’t know about other places, but I know that this Segwang Special City Subway isn’t compatible.”

 

“….”

 

Go Young-eun had learned this information through questions and answers with her aunt, who worked in a related field.

 

‘Then the agents would have been able to figure it out too.’

 

If they had reached the same conclusion as us.

 

-He just kept going out looking for something, saying there was something more necessary for this train!

 

“That must have been it.”

 

“Excuse me?”

 

“The reason why the agents who created this train shelter couldn’t immediately attempt an escape and kept searching for supplies.”

 

Electrical current.

 

The fuel, or power source to make this train run…!

 

That would be….

 

“Dokkaebi Fire.”

 

I turned to look at the Bronze Agent.

 

“If we have Dokkaebi Fire, wouldn’t it be possible?”

 

If we use a supernatural being as the power source instead of electrical current.

 

“It’s possible.”

 

“…!!”

 

Right. Then everything connects.

 

“But the agents on this train didn’t have that Dokkaebi Fire at the time.”

 

If they had Dokkaebi Fire, they would have surely left behind ‘traces that agents could recognize when touched’ like at Hanbit Library….

 

“That’s why they kept going out to the station.”

 

“…to find the bearer!”

 

“Yes.”

 

I nodded my head.

 

“They must have been searching for other agents who came in carrying Dokkaebi Fire.”

 

But in that process, far from finding other agents, they were consumed and eventually…

 

…….

 

We naturally swallowed the rest of our words.

 

“…Then if we obtain Dokkaebi Fire, we can immediately try this escape method.”

 

For a moment, hope flickered in Go Young-eun’s eyes.

 

“Wait a minute! If it’s possible to physically run out and escape like that, many people who were already outside the subway should have escaped, but they couldn’t.”

 

Having had their hopes for escape frustrated many times, that person tried to continue examining the situation as calmly as possible.

 

“That’s a valid point.”

 

“Or maybe it’s a possible method, but everyone outside is already dead so no one could even attempt it.”

 

“….”

 

“Well, that’s just my speculation.”

 

Eun Ha-je’s words were hopeful for our situation and extremely despairing for Segwang Special City’s situation.

 

But I had other doubts as well.

 

‘The sealing of Segwang Special City isn’t simply at the level of preventing ghost stories from escaping from inside to outside.’

 

It was a sealing ritual structured so that Segwang Special City residents would be sacrificed for that purpose. So it was natural that citizens couldn’t easily escape.

 

Could we really escape via high-speed railway? Just how much did these Train Shelter agents anticipate and prepare for?

 

‘First… I need to bring Agent Choi and Agent Hae-geum.’

 

I definitely wanted to confirm the opinions of veteran agents who knew Segwang Special City.

 

Because if we rashly interfered and someone died, it would be irreversible.

 

I nodded my head.

 

“It won’t be too late to attempt it after slowly and thoroughly preparing and checking everything.”

 

“…Yes.”

 

Go Young-eun’s face settled calmly.

 

And as if trying not to harbor expectations again, she let her expression sink.

 

Meanwhile, the cheerful voices of the noisy Train Shelter people outside could be heard echoing faintly.

 

“….”

 

“….”

 

“Um, but.”

 

Go Young-eun’s face became strangely uncomfortable.

 

“Noru. Don’t tell me what you said a few days ago about rabbit enthusiasts increasing on the train… was referring to that ceremony happening outside right now.”

 

Ah.

 

“It wasn’t… intentional.”

 

Go Young-eun’s expression became even more uncomfortable.

 

“How can you predict that rabbit doll enthusiasts would increase when it wasn’t intentional?”

 

“….”

 

“….”

 

“I’m sorry. I was looking for an opportunity to explore the engineer’s cabin… I’ll handle… the situation.”

 

The gazes are really piercing…

 

I quietly bowed my head under the stares of the Train Shelter residents and Manager Lee Ja-heon (why?).

 

Go Young-eun’s lukewarm voice could be heard.

 

“Still, I think this is the first time I’ve seen all the people in this shelter enjoying themselves together. It felt a bit… like a World Cup atmosphere.”

 

Yes…

 

‘Thank goodness…’

 

It was when I let out a sigh of relief.

 

“But since earlier… don’t you feel like it’s strangely quiet?”

 

“Excuse me?”

 

“No, I know the outside is very noisy… But strangely.”

 

Muttering ‘Why?’, Young-eun kept glancing at the car beyond the engineer’s seat window.

 

Car 1 was empty with almost no people, so it was quiet, but it was bustling with sounds coming from the cars beyond it.

 

‘What do you mean?’

 

“What do you mean by quiet?”

 

“I don’t know. I also… well, empty?”

 

Empty?

 

‘Like something is missing?’

 

It means feeling like something that was there is now gone. But on the train, something that would make you feel that way auditorily…

 

…

 

…!!

 

“Agent!”

The Bronze Agent flipped the chair back over almost simultaneously with me to check the talisman. Those strokes made with ash water were…

 

burning black as if boiling.

 

“….”

 

Wait, wait a minute!

 

“Is this… has the talisman activated right now?”

 

“What??”

 

“No, why all of a sudden??”

 

“Bronze Agent, is that item designed to activate when discovered by others?”

 

“No! If I had written the talisman that way, this pattern couldn’t possibly appear…”

 

But the Bronze Agent’s face turned deathly pale.

 

“…But it is taking effect.”

 

Damn it!

 

I immediately started peering through the window in front of the control cabin.

 

More precisely, I pressed my head against the glass window and looked back at the sections we had already passed.

 

‘It’s unfamiliar.’

 

Something feels awkward. I’ve seen the environment the subway runs through from the window several times, but it was definitely…

 

less dark than now, I think.

 

“….”

 

I took out my smartphone from my pocket, turned on the flashlight function, held it against the glass window, and tried to see behind the train.

 

The light source was useless. I couldn’t see what was behind us.

 

But I saw a signboard flashing by.

 

Safety First During Maintenance

 

Two-Person Teams Mandatory for Workers

 

…These tracks are not part of the official subway route map.

 

Maintenance area.

 

A line leading to the outskirts.

 

‘The train… is running in a straight line.’

 

The tracks no longer curve in a loop.

 

We had passed through it without noticing.

 

The railway switch.

 

The talisman had changed this train’s destination by ‘accidentally hitting the railway switch through some coincidental accident.’

 

“…The train has derailed from the subway loop line tracks.”

 

“Wait a minute.”

 

“Then the destination is…”

 

Manager Lee Ja-heon quietly raised his head and declared.

 

“Altitude is rising.”

 

“…!”

 

We were heading to the surface.

 

“From now on, do not stare too intently ahead. We are leaving the underground space.”

 

“….”

 

“This team is currently entering darkness with no exploration history.”

 

And outside this subway was the space of an extinction-level supernatural disaster.

 

The train was racing toward the high-speed railway outside!

 

“We need to stop the train.”

 

“Noru…!”

 

“We’re not ready for this situation yet.”

 

No, there’s no time to persuade. Damn it! I quickly tried to go to the control cabin and press the emergency stop button…

 

“You can’t! The talisman is already taking effect. If you interfere, it could go wrong in an even more unexpected direction!”

 

Damn!

 

“Agent, even if this doesn’t go wrong and we escape safely, it’s still a problem!”

 

If, if this train really was a way to escape Segwang Special City, and the escape succeeded like this…

 

Those two people would die.

 

Because they were already dead.

 

If they went outside, they would just become something that moved while dead and contaminated by the ghost story.

 

‘No way.’

 

An alternative!

 

I shook off the Bronze Agent’s hand that was gripping my shoulder and immediately grabbed the side door of the engineer’s seat.

 

“Hey!”

 

“Agent! Deputy Manager! I’ll open the door, so get off! Get off and walk down along the tracks!”

 

It wouldn’t open. Damn it! I frantically focused my gaze on the control cabin. The train door opening device at the engineer’s seat, the opening device…!

 

‘Where is it!’

 

There were no hints that a layperson could find. Damn, damn…

 

“Manager! Just break the lock on the engineer’s seat door…”

 

“Stop.”

 

“….”

 

“If we try to save us two and break the train, we’ll all die. Come on, Noru.”

 

I turned my head.

 

Deputy Manager Eun Ha-je was smiling bitterly.

 

“…It’s already too late. Look.”

 

Ah.

 

I turned my head.

 

Bright light was pouring down through the window beyond the engineer’s seat.

 

Ground level.

 

Segwang Special City had appeared.

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